Coronavirus COVID-19 Guidance and Information for Healthcare Professionals

Testing for COVID-19 is not performed at county health departments. Please contact your physician or a healthcare provider.

Healthcare Provider Guidances and Resources

• MSDH Recommended Testing Priorities for COVID-19
• MSDH Guidance for Assessment of Healthcare Personnel with Potential Exposures to COVID-19
• CDC Guidance for Healthcare Personnel with Potential COVID-19 Exposure

Specimen Collection

• COVID-19 Specimen Collection
• COVID-19 Lab Requisition Form

Specimen Packaging

• COVID-19 Refrigerated Specimen Packaging
• COVID-19 Frozen Specimen Packaging

Specimen Transport and Delivery

• COVID-19 Specimen Transport and Delivery

Specimen Reporting

• COVID-19 Specimen Reporting
• MPHL Fax Reporting Agreement

Other Clinical

• Workflow: Clinician Guide for Outpatient Management of COVID-19 in the Outpatient Setting
• Decision Diagram for Clinical Coding of COVID-19

Map and Directions for Laboratory Dropoff

The Dr. F.E.”ED” Thompson, Jr. Public Health Laboratory Facility is on the State Department of Health's central office campus in Jackson, MS at 350 East Woodrow Wilson Drive, Jackson, 39216.

Local Delivery of Samples: Drop samples off at the rear of the Thompson lab building. Detailed instructions are in our sample shipping guidance.

Mississippi Health Alert Network

• Mississippi Health Alert Network messages related to COVID-19

CDC Guidances

Healthcare and EMS

• Home Care Guidance
• Discontinuation of Home Isolation for Persons with COVID-19
• Healthcare Infection Control Guidance
• Clinical Care Guidance
• Healthcare Personnel with Potential COVID-19 Exposure Guidance
• Inpatient Obstetric Healthcare Guidance
• Guidance for EMS

Persons Under Investigation (PUI)

• Evaluating PUIs and Asymptomatic Close Contacts of Confirmed Cases
• Collection and Submission of Postmortem Specimens from Deceased PUI
• Evaluating and Reporting Persons Under Investigation (PUI)

Other Guidances

• Strategies for optimizing the supply of N95 respirators
• Guidance for extended use of N95 respirators in healthcare settings

More from the CDC

• All CDC guidances for healthcare professionals